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[balancethebooks]

One left, the other came back.

... I wonder if it's supposed to be this place's freakish idea of a message. And even if it was ... I wonder if it's too late.

[Lorne]

Can I pick your brain about something? No wine required.

[/Lorne]

[and with that, your resident Accountant ... well, one of two, now that Leo Bloom's here ... is going to be

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Timmy

[mysticalvender]

You sure can, Puddin'. What do you need?

Lorne

[balancethebooks]

It's about that ... cryptic little note of mine, there. Someone's come back that I could have ... possibly seen myself working for, before, in place of the Joker.

But it's ... a real about-face. And I don't know if it'd still be possible.

Tiimy

[mysticalvender]

Oh Lambchop, there's always time for an about-face. Just about everyone from my world has shown that. You should grab the chance if you really want it and try it out.

You've got a whole heap of goodness in you if you look hard enough.

Lorne

[balancethebooks]

... What, you can ... see that, or something?

[lawyerlarry]

What would the message be?

[balancethebooks]

Sort of an ... well, a ...

[give him a second while he tries to figure out how to be cryptically honest about it, since that's usually his deal]

... Whether I should continue the kind of work I did, back home, or try something else. [a pause] You're a new voice.

[lawyerlarry]

I am. My name is Larry. What kind of work did you do back home?

[balancethebooks]

I'm Timothy. Welcome to Paradisa ... as welcome as you can get, anyway...

[ahem] Simply put, I got rid of other people's problems. But they weren't exactly great people I worked for.

[queendramabitch]

You're being very cryptic.

[balancethebooks]

I'm almost ready to say this place is making me superstitious.

[queendramabitch]

Why is that?

Lucy

[balancethebooks]

Just as I was thinking I needed something more to do, it's come up that the Joker's gone. So - even if I could go looking for more work, there's no one to actually hire me.